Historical Birthday
08 Nov 1572
Johan Sigismund elector of Brandenburgduke of Prussia
08 Nov 1622
Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen Dutch baptist pastor (Lambs War)
08 Nov 1647
Pierre Bayle FrenchNeth theologistphilosopherwriter
08 Nov 1706
Johann Ulrich von Cramer German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)
08 Nov 1715
Elisabeth C van Brunswick-Bevern wife of Frederik II the Great
08 Nov 1760
Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael South Neth earlgeneral
08 Nov 1768
Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom born in London England (d. 1840)
08 Nov 1777
Dsire Clary queen of Sweden (d. 1860)
08 Nov 1814
GirolamoJeromin de Rada Albanian poet (Skanderbeku)
08 Nov 1817
Claudius Wistar Sears Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1891)
08 Nov 1829
Samuel Wylie Crawford American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Franklin County Pennsylvania (d. 1892)
08 Nov 1830
Oliver Otis Howard American Major General (Union Army) born in Leeds Maine (d. 1909)
08 Nov 1831
Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton English statesman and Viceroy of India (1876-1880)
08 Nov 1836
Milton Bradley American game manufacturer (d. 1911)
08 Nov 1847
Jean Casimir-Perier French politician (d. 1907)
08 Nov 1848
Gottlob Frege German mathematicianlogician (Begriffsschrift)
08 Nov 1850
Karel Komzk II Viennese composer born in Prague (d. 1905)
08 Nov 1863
Ren [Raphael] Viviani French historiansocial premier (1914-15)
08 Nov 1866
Herbert Austin English automobile pioneer (d. 1941)
08 Nov 1868
Felix Hausdorff German mathematician (d. 1942)
08 Nov 1875
Qiu Jin Chinese revolutionary feminist and writer considered a national heroine in China born in Shanyin Shaoxing Qing Dynasty (d. 1907)
08 Nov 1876
Frank L Gillespie Ark founded Supreme Life Insurance Company
08 Nov 1878
Marshall Walter Major Taylor world champion cyclist (1899)
08 Nov 1879
King Baggot I director (Tumbleweeds) born in St Louis Missouri
08 Nov 1881
Frank Speck American Anthropologist (Algonquin Tribes and Eastern Woodland Native Americans) born in Brooklyn New York
08 Nov 1881
Robert Esnault-Pelterie French Engineer and aviation pioneer who contributed to early heavier-than-air flight in Europe born in Paris France
08 Nov 1883
Arnold Bax English composer (Farewell My Youth) born in London (d. 1953)
08 Nov 1883
Ethel Clayton American actress (Hotel Continental) born in Champaign Illinois (d. 1966)
08 Nov 1884
Hermann Rorschach Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1922)
08 Nov 1885
Tomoyuki Yamashita [Yamashita Tomobumi] Imperial Japanese general dubbed Tiger of Malaya born in toyo Kchi Japan (d. 1946)
08 Nov 1892
John Miljan American actor (The Ten Commandments Possessed Final Extra Susan Lenox) born in Lead City South Dakota (d. 1960)
08 Nov 1893
Prajadhipok Rama VII king of Thailand (d. 1941)
08 Nov 1895
Photios Kontoglou Greek writer painter and iconographer (d. 1965)
08 Nov 1896
Bucky Harris baseball manager (Phillies Yankees)
08 Nov 1898
Marie Prevost Canadian actress (The Marriage Circle The Racket) born in Sarnia Ontario Canada (d. 1937)
08 Nov 1900
Albert F. Frey-Wyssling Kssnacht Swiss Botanist and pioneer of submicroscopic morphology and the discipline of molecular biology
08 Nov 1901
Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej Romania party leaderpresident
08 Nov 1901
Szymon Laks Polish composer (head of prisoners orchestra at Auschwitz) born in Warsaw (d. 1983)
08 Nov 1902
Mihail A Suslov Soviet-party ideologist [NSNov 22]
08 Nov 1912
June Havoc [Ellen Evangeline Hovick] Canadian-born American stage and screen actress born in Vancouver British Columbia (d. 2010)
08 Nov 1913
Robert Strauss American actor (Stalag 17 The Seven Year Itch) born in NYC New York (d. 1975)
08 Nov 1914
Norman Lloyd American actor producer and director (Dead Poets Society Alfred Hitchcock Presents) born in Jersey City New Jersey
08 Nov 1914
Peter Mondavi Napa Valley winemaker (Charles Krug) born in Virginia Minnesota (d. 2016)
08 Nov 1916
Frank McGuire basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons)
08 Nov 1916
Peter Weiss German Swedish authordramatistnovelist (MaratSade)
08 Nov 1918
Hermann Zapf German typeface designer ( Palatino and Optima) born in Nuremberg (d. 2015)
08 Nov 1920
Esther Rolle Bahamian American actress (Good Times Maude) born in Pompano Beach Florida (d. 1998)
08 Nov 1920
Eugnio de Arajo Sales Brazilian cardinal
08 Nov 1921
Gene Saks American actor and director (One & Only Prisoner of 2nd Ave) born in NYC New York (d. 2015)
08 Nov 1921
Jerome Hines [Heinz] American basso (I am The Way) born in Hollywood California
08 Nov 1922
Christiaan Barnard South African cardiac surgeon (perform 1st heart transplant) born in Beaufort West Union of South Africa (d. 2001)
08 Nov 1922
Ademir Marques de Menezes Brazilian footballer (d. 1996)
08 Nov 1923
Dmitri T Jazov Russian minister of defense (1991 coup)
08 Nov 1924
Joseph Joe Flynn American character actor (McHales Navy Batman) born in Youngstown Ohio (d. 1974)
08 Nov 1927
Ken Dodd British singer and comedian described as the last great music hall entertainer born in Knotty Ash Liverpool England (d. 2018)
08 Nov 1927
Samuel I Newhouse Jr. American magazine publisher (Parade Vogue Vanity Fair) born in Manhattan New York (d. 2017)
08 Nov 1929
Trevor McMahon NZ cricket wicketkeeper (v India & Pak 1955-56)
08 Nov 1929
Antnio Castanheira Neves Portuguese philosopher
08 Nov 1931
Morley Safer Canadian American TV newscaster (60 Minutes) born in Toronto Canada (d. 2016)
08 Nov 1932
Richard E. Lawyer American astronaut born in Los Angeles California
08 Nov 1932
Stephane Audran French actress (Just Before Nightfall) born in Versailles France
08 Nov 1932
Ben Bova American sci-fi author (Exiled from Earth)
08 Nov 1934
Doc Green American rocker (The Drifters) (d. 1989)
08 Nov 1934
Roberta Hazard American retired Rear Admiral (US Navy) born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 2017)
08 Nov 1935
Alain Delon French actor (Honor Among Thieves Return of Zorro)
08 Nov 1935
Alfonso Lpez Trujillo Colombian Cardinal Bishop
08 Nov 1936
Edward George Gibson American astronaut (Skylab 4) born in Buffalo New York
08 Nov 1936
Viscount Mountgarret [Butler] English landowner
08 Nov 1938
John Asprey British jeweller and multi-millionaire
08 Nov 1938
Pleuni Touw Dutch actress (Bride Flight Dokter Deen) born in Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands
08 Nov 1938
Driss Basri Moroccan Interior Minister (d. 2007)
08 Nov 1938
Murtala Mohammed Nigerian military ruler born in Bendel State Colonial Nigeria (d. 1976)
08 Nov 1942
Angel Cordero Jr Puerto Rican Hall of Fame jockey (Kentucky Derby 1974 76 85) born in Santurce Puerto Rico
08 Nov 1942
Aleksandr Yakovlevich Kramarenko Russian cosmonaut
08 Nov 1942
Angel Cordero Jr jockey (won over 6000 races) [or May 8]
08 Nov 1944
Bonnie Bramlett rock vocalist (Delandy & Bonnie)
08 Nov 1944
Rodney Desborough Slater rocker (Bonzo Dog Band)
08 Nov 1945
Tony Mann Aust cricket leggie (1977 century as nightwatchman v India)
08 Nov 1945
Don Murray American drummer (The Turtles) born in Glendale California (d. 1996)
08 Nov 1946
Roy Wood rock vocalistcellist (ELO) born in Birmingham England
08 Nov 1947
Margaret Rhea Seddon Murfreesboro Tenn MDastro (STS 51D 40 SK58)
08 Nov 1947
Minnie Ripperton American singer (Loving You) born in Chicago Illinois
08 Nov 1948
Dale A Gardner American naval commander and astronaut (STS 8 STS 51A) born in Fairmont Minnesota (d. 2014)
08 Nov 1949
Al Berger American musician (Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes)
08 Nov 1949
Bonnie Raitt American blues country singer-songwriter (Green Light The Glow) born in Burbank California
08 Nov 1949
Wayne LaPierre Executive Vice Presidenf of the US National Rifle Association born in Schenectady New York
08 Nov 1951
Mary Hart American TV hostess (Entertainment Tonight) born in Sioux Falls South Dakota
08 Nov 1952
Alfre Woodard American actress (Primal Fear Cross Creek) born in Tulsa Oklahoma
08 Nov 1952
Christie Ann Hefner daughter of Hugh Hefner CEO (Playboy)
08 Nov 1952
Jerry Remy American baseball player color commentator
08 Nov 1954
Rickie Lee Jones American singer (Chuck Es in Love) born in Chicago Illinois
08 Nov 1954
David Bret Anglo-French biographer and broadcaster
08 Nov 1954
Michael D. Brown U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director
08 Nov 1954
Kazuo Ishiguro British author (An Artist of the Floating World The Remains of the Day When We Were Orphans) born in Nagasaki Japan
08 Nov 1956
Randi Brooks American actress (Man With 2 Brains Tightrope) born in NYC New York
08 Nov 1956
Richard Curtis British screenwriter (Blackadder Four Wedding and a Funeral) born in Wellington New Zealand
08 Nov 1957
Yohan Gunasekera Sri Lankan cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1983)
08 Nov 1958
Terry Lee Miall English rock drummer (Adam & The Ants)
08 Nov 1959
Simon Davis Victorian cricket pace bowler (Test v NZ 1986 no wkts)
08 Nov 1959
Chi Chi LaRue [Larry David Paciotti] American gay alternative film director and drag queen born in Hibbing Minnesota
08 Nov 1960
Michael Nyqvist Swedish actor (Girl with A Dragon Tattoo) born in Stockholm Sweden
08 Nov 1961
Leif Garrett American singer and actor (Devil x 5 3 for the Road) born in Hollywood California
08 Nov 1962
Ron Johnson Australian baseball hitting coach (Olympics 1996)
08 Nov 1963
Dwight Smith American outfielder (Atlanta Braves) born in Tallahassee Florida
08 Nov 1963
Paul Butcher NFL linebacker (Carolina Panthers) born in Detroit Michigan
08 Nov 1964
Chuck Cecil NFL safety (Houston Oilers) born in Red Bluff California
08 Nov 1965
Bart Latuheru Dutch soccer player (Vitesse) born in Capelle aan den IJssel Netherlands
08 Nov 1965
Jeff Blauser American infielder (Atlanta Braves) born in Los Gatos California
08 Nov 1965
Mike Peluso NHL left wing (NJ Devils) born in Pengilly Minnesota
08 Nov 1965
Craig Chester American actor and screenwriter born in West Covina California
08 Nov 1966
Michael Soles CFL fullback (Montreal Alouettes) born in Pointe-Claire Canada
08 Nov 1966
Ulrich Cruden Suriname soccer player (NEC) born in Paramaribo Suriname
08 Nov 1966
Gordon Ramsay British chef and reality television personality born in Johnstone Scotland
08 Nov 1967
Courtney Thorne-Smith American actress (Day by Day Lucas Summer School) born in San Francisco California
08 Nov 1967
Henry Rodriguez Dominican baseball outfielder (Montreal Expos) born in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
08 Nov 1967
Jay Taylor NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs) born in San Diego California
08 Nov 1967
Mark Zollitsch American kayaker (alt-Olympics 1996) born in Orono Maine
08 Nov 1967
Rhonda Kottke WPVA volleyballer born in Minneapolis Minnesota
08 Nov 1968
Jose Offerman Dominican infielder (KC Royals) born in San Pedro de Macors Dominican Republic
08 Nov 1968
Keith Jones NHL right wing (Washington Capitals) born in Brantford Canada
08 Nov 1968
Michelle Kline American speed skater (Olympics 1994) born in Golden Valley Minnesota
08 Nov 1968
Parker Posey American actress (Tess Shelby-As the World Turns) born in Baltimore Maryland
08 Nov 1968
Zara Whites Dutch actress born in Hoeksche Waard Netherlands
08 Nov 1968
Sergio Porrini Italian footballer born in Milan Italy
08 Nov 1969
Devon McDonald NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts) born in Kingston Jamaica
08 Nov 1969
Ricardo McDonald NFL linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals) born in Kingston Jamaica
08 Nov 1969
Roxana Zal American actress born in Malibu California
08 Nov 1970
DeWayne Knight CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) born in Hampton Virginia
08 Nov 1970
Qadry Ismail NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings Miami Dolphins) born in Newark New Jersey
08 Nov 1970
Tom Anderson co-founder of MySpace born in San Diego California
08 Nov 1970
Jos Francisco Porras Costa Rican footballer born in Grecia Costa Rica
08 Nov 1970
Diana King Jamaican singer and songwriter (Shy Guy I Say a Little Prayer remake) born in St. Catherine Jamaica
08 Nov 1971
Anna Katrina Simcic backstroker (Olympics 1996) born in Christchurch New Zealand
08 Nov 1971
Twan Scheepers Dutch soccer player (MVV) born in Eindhoven Netherlands
08 Nov 1971
Carlos Atanes Spanish film director born in Barcelona Spain
08 Nov 1972
Chris Fydler Australian swimmer (Olympics 1996) born in Sydney New South Wales
08 Nov 1972
Ken Blackman NFL guard (Cincinnati Bengals) born in Brunswick Georgia
08 Nov 1972
Gretchen Mol American actress born in Deep River Connecticut
08 Nov 1973
Frantisek Kaberle Czech ice hockey defenceman (Team Czech Olympic gold 1998) born in Kladno Czech Republic
08 Nov 1342
Julian of Norwich English saint born in Norfolk England (d. 1416)
08 Nov 1491
Teofilo Folengo Italian macaronic poet born in Mantua Italy (d. 1544)
08 Nov 1572
John Sigismund Elector of Brandenburg Duke of Prussia (1618-19) born in Halle Germany (d. 1619)
08 Nov 1590
Francesco Gonzaga Italian composer born in Mantua Italy (d. 1628)
08 Nov 1592
Domenico Mazzocchi Italian Baroque composer born in Civita Castellana Italy (d. 1665)
08 Nov 1622
Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen Dutch baptist pastor (Lambs War) born in Zierikzee Netherlands (d. 1706)
08 Nov 1622
Charles X Gustav King of Sweden (1654-60) born in Nykping Castle Sweden (d. 1660)
08 Nov 1647
Pierre Bayle French philosopher and writer (Historical and Critical Dictionary) born in Carla-le-Comte Kingdom of France (d. 1706)
08 Nov 1693
Leonhard Trautsch German composer born in Mnchen Germany (d. 1762)
08 Nov 1706
Johann Ulrich von Cramer German judge and philosopher born in Ulm Baden-Wrttemberg Germany (d. 1772)
08 Nov 1710
Sarah Fielding English writer (The Adventures of David Simple) born in East Stour England (d. 1768)
08 Nov 1715
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbttel-Bevern Queen of Prussia as wife of Frederik II the Great born in Schloss Bevern Germany (d. 1797)
08 Nov 1723
John Byron British Royal Navy officer (d. 1786)
08 Nov 1760
Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau Dutch general born in Brussels Austrian Netherlands (d. 1821)
08 Nov 1768
Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom 6th child and second daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte born in London (d. 1840)
08 Nov 1770
Friedrich Witt German composer born in Wrttemberg Germany (d. 1836)
08 Nov 1777
Dsire Clary Queen of Sweden and Norway (1818-44) born in Marseille France (d. 1860)
08 Nov 1814
Girolamo de Rada Albanian poet (Skanderbeku) born in Macchia Albanese Kingdom of Sicily (d. 1903)
08 Nov 1817
Claudius W. Sears American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Peru Massachusetts (d. 1891)
08 Nov 1817
Thodore-Joseph Canneel Flemish painter born in Ghent Belgium (d. 1892)
08 Nov 1831
Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl of Lytton English statesman and Viceroy of India (1876-1880) (d. 1891)
08 Nov 1836
Milton Bradley American business magnate and game manufacturer born in Vienna Maine (d. 1911)
08 Nov 1847
Jean Casimir-Prier French politician (President of France 1894-95) born in Paris (d. 1907)
08 Nov 1848
Gottlob Frege German mathematician and logician (Begriffsschrift) born in Wismar Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin German Confederation (d. 1925)
08 Nov 1849
Edward Julius Biedermann American organist and composer born in Milwaukee Wisconsin (d. 1933)
08 Nov 1854
Johannes Rydberg Swedish physicist (Rydberg formula) born in Halmstad Sweden (d. 1919)
08 Nov 1863
Ren Viviani French historian and 61st Prime Minister of France (1914-15) born in Sidi Bel Abbs French Algeria (d. 1925)
08 Nov 1866
Herbert Austin English automobile designer and builder (founder of Austin Motor Company) born in Little Missenden Buckinghamshire England (d. 1941)
08 Nov 1867
Ilmari Krohn Finnish composer born in Helsinki Finland (d. 1960)
08 Nov 1868
Felix Hausdorff German mathematician (Hausdorff space) born in Breslau Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1942)
08 Nov 1876
Frank L. Gillespie American founder of Supreme Life Insurance Company born in Osceola Arkansas (d. 1925)
08 Nov 1879
King Baggot American actor and director (Tumbleweeds) born in St Louis Missouri (d. 1948)
08 Nov 1881
Frank Speck American anthropologist (Algonquin Tribes and Eastern Woodland Native Americans) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1950)
08 Nov 1881
Robert Esnault-Pelterie French engineer and aviation pioneer who contributed to early heavier-than-air flight in Europe born in Paris (d. 1957)
08 Nov 1882
Lazare Saminsky Russian-American composer born in Valegotsulova near Odessa (d. 1959)
08 Nov 1884
Hermann Rorschach Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (inkblot test - Rorschach test) born in Zrich Switzerland (d. 1922)
08 Nov 1885
Hans Cloos German geologist and pioneer in the study of granite tectonics (the deformation of crystalline rocks) born in Magdeburg Germany (d. 1951)
08 Nov 1885
Emil Fahrenkamp German architect (Shell-Haus in Berlin) born in Aachen Germany (d. 1966)
08 Nov 1887
Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin Russian-Ukrainian Soviet composer born in Hlukhiv Russian Empire (d. 1966)
08 Nov 1888
David Monrad Johansen Norwegian composer born in Vefsn Norway (d. 1974)
08 Nov 1893
Prajadhipok Rama VII last absolute king of Siam (192535) born in Bangkok Thailand (d. 1941)
08 Nov 1895
Hermann Schey German-Dutch singer born in Bunzlau SilesiaGermany (d. 1981)
08 Nov 1895
Photis Kontoglou Greek writer painter and iconographer born in Ayvalk Turkey (d. 1965)
08 Nov 1896
Bucky Harris American baseball player and manager (Phillies Yankees) born in Port Jervis New York (d. 1977)
08 Nov 1900
Georges Lonque Belgian composer born in Ghent Belgium (d. 1967)
08 Nov 1900
Mihailo Vukdragovi Serbian composer (d. 1967)
08 Nov 1900
Albert F. Frey-Wyssling Swiss botanist and pioneer of submicroscopic morphology and the discipline of molecular biology born in Ksnacht Switzerland (d. 1988)
08 Nov 1901
Gheorge Gheorghiu-Dej Romanian communist politician (President of the State Council 1961-65) born in Brlad Romania (d. 1965)
08 Nov 1902
Mihail A Suslov Soviet party ideologist and statesman born in Shakhovskoye Russian Empire (d. 1982)
08 Nov 1904
Cedric Belfrage English writer and journalist (co-founder of National Guardian) born in Marylebone London (d. 1990)
08 Nov 1907
Otto Brenner German trade union leader (Industrial Union of Metalworkers) born in Hanover Germany (d. 1972)
08 Nov 1908
Martha Gellhorn American novelist and journalist (one of the first female war correspondents) born in St. Louis Missouri (d. 1998)
08 Nov 1909
Alberto Erede Italian conductor born in Genoa Italy (d. 2001)
08 Nov 1912
Jean-Louis Martinet French composer born in Sainte-Bazeille France (d. 2010)
08 Nov 1912
Joseph Fattorini businessman born in Bradford Yorkshire England (d. 1995)
08 Nov 1916
Frank McGuire American basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons) born in NYC New York (d. 1994)
08 Nov 1916
Peter Weiss German author and playwright (MaratSade) born in Nowawes Brandenburg Germany (d. 1982)
08 Nov 1919
P. L. Deshpande Indian Marathi writer born in Mumbai India (d. 2000)
08 Nov 1920
Esther Rolle Bahamian-American actress (Good Times Maude) born in Pompano Beach Florida (d. 1998)
08 Nov 1920
Eugnio de Arajo Sales Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal born in Acari Rio Grande do Norte Brazil (d. 2012)
08 Nov 1921
Douglas Townsend American composer born in Manhattan New York (d. 2012)
08 Nov 1922
Ademir de Menezes Brazilian footballer (Brazil national team 1945-53) born in Recife Brazil (d. 1996)
08 Nov 1923
Dmitry Jazov Russian Minister of Defense (1991 coup) born in Omsk Oblast Soviet Union
08 Nov 1929
Trevor McMahon New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (v India & Pak 1955-56) born in Wellington New Zealand
08 Nov 1929
Antnio Castanheira Neves Portuguese philosopher born in Tbua Portugal
08 Nov 1929
Bobby Bowden American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Florida State 1976-2009 National Cship 1993 99) born in Birmingham Alabama
08 Nov 1930
Edmund Happold British structural engineer (founder of Buro Happold) born in Leeds England (d. 1996)
08 Nov 1931
Morley Safer Canadian-American TV newscaster (60 Minutes) born in Toronto Ontario (d. 2016)
08 Nov 1932
Stephane Audran French actress (Just Before Nightfall) born in Versailles France (d. 2018)
08 Nov 1932
Ben Bova American sci-fi author (Exiled from Earth) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
08 Nov 1935
Alain Delon French actor (Honor Among Thieves Return of Zorro) born in Sceaux France
08 Nov 1935
Alfonso Lpez Trujillo Colombian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church born in Villahermosa Colombia (d. 2008)
08 Nov 1936
Claudio Bravo Camus Chilean born painter born in Valparaiso Chile (d. 2011)
08 Nov 1937
Dragoslav ekularac Serbian footballer born in tip Yugoslavia (d. 2019)
08 Nov 1938
Richard Stoker British composer born in Castleford Yorkshire
08 Nov 1938
Driss Basri Moroccan politician (Interior Minister 1979-99) born in Settat Morocco (d. 2007)
08 Nov 1942
Gerald Alston American singer (Manhattans-Crazy) born in Henderson Vance County North Carolina
08 Nov 1943
Martin Peters British football player (England national team 1966-74) and manager born in Plaistow Essex England
08 Nov 1944
Bonnie Bramlett American rock vocalist (Delandy & Bonnie) born in Granite City Illinois
08 Nov 1944
Rodney Slater English rocker (Bonzo Dog Band) born in Crowland Lincolnshire England
08 Nov 1944
Robert Nix American musician (founding member of the Atlanta Rhythm Section) born in Blakely Georgia (d. 2012)
08 Nov 1945
Arnold Rosner American composer born in NYC New York (d. 2013)
08 Nov 1945
David Jessel British TV reporter born in Abingdon Berkshire England
08 Nov 1945
Judith Lang Zaimont American pianist and composer born in Memphis Tennessee
08 Nov 1945
Tony Mann Australian cricket leggie (1977 century as nightwatchman v India) born in Middle Swan Western Australia
08 Nov 1946
Roy Wood English rock vocalist and cellist (ELO) born in Birmingham England
08 Nov 1947
Margaret Rhea Seddon American physician and NASA astronaut (STS 51D 40 SK58) born in Murfreesboro Tennessee
08 Nov 1951
Alfredo Astiz Argentine general and intelligence officer
08 Nov 1952
Christie Ann Hefner American businessman (Chief Executive Officer of Playboy Enterprises 1988-2009) and daughter of Hugh Hefner born in Chicago Illinois
08 Nov 1952
Jan Raas Dutch cyclist (World champ 1979) born in Heinkenszand Netherlands
08 Nov 1952
Jerry Remy American MLB player and commentator born in Fall River Massachusetts
08 Nov 1952
John Denny American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) born in Prescott Arizona
08 Nov 1953
John Musker American animation director (Moana) born in Chicago Illinois
08 Nov 1954
David Bret British biographer and broadcaster born in Paris
08 Nov 1954
Michael D. Brown U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director (2003-05) born in Guymon Oklahoma
08 Nov 1954
Jeanette McGruder American musician (P Funk) born in Detroit Michigan
08 Nov 1954
Ricky Lawson American musician born in Detroit Michigan (d. 2013)
08 Nov 1957
Yohan Gunasekera Sri Lankan cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1983) born in Colombo Sri Lanka
08 Nov 1957
Pearl Thompson British musician (The Cure) born in Surrey England
08 Nov 1957
Alan Curbishley English football manager (Charlton Athletic) born in Forest Gate Essex England
08 Nov 1958
Terry Lee Miall English rock drummer (Adam & The Ants) born in London
08 Nov 1958
Don Byron American composer and clarinetist born in The Bronx New York
08 Nov 1959
Simon Davis Australian cricket pace bowler (Test v NZ 1986 no wkts) born in Brighton Victoria Australia
08 Nov 1960
Oleg Menshikov Russian actor (Burnt by the Sun) born in Serpukhov Moscow Oblast Russian SFSR
08 Nov 1963
Paul Butcher American NFL linebacker (Carolina Panthers) born in Detroit Michigan
08 Nov 1964
Chuck Cecil American NFL safety (Houston Oilers) born in Red Bluff California
08 Nov 1965
Mike Peluso American NHL left wing (NJ Devils) born in Pengilly Minnesota
08 Nov 1967
Jay Taylor American NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs) born in San Diego California
08 Nov 1969
Devon McDonald American NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts) born in Kingston Jamaica
08 Nov 1969
Ricardo McDonald American NFL linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals) born in Kingston Jamaica
08 Nov 1970
Qadry Ismail American NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings Miami Dolphins) born in Newark New Jersey
08 Nov 1970
Tom Anderson American co-founder of MySpace born in San Diego California
08 Nov 1972
Ken Blackman American NFL guard (Cincinnati Bengals) born in Brunswick Georgia
08 Nov 1973
Nicole Teter American 800m runner born in Palo Alto California
08 Nov 1973
Vanesa Littlecrow Puerto Rican cartoonist dancer writer and model born in Rio Piedras Puerto Rico
08 Nov 1974
Masashi Kishimoto Japanese manga author born in Nagi Okayama Prefecture Japan
08 Nov 1974
Seishi Kishimoto Japanese manga author born in Nagi Okayama Prefecture Japan
08 Nov 1975
Brevin Knight NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers) born in Livingston New Jersey
08 Nov 1975
Tara Reid American actress born in Wyckoff New Jersey
08 Nov 1768
Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom 6th child and second daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte born in London (d. 1840)
08 Nov 1862
James Edward Sullivan American sports official and founder (Amateur Athletic Union) born in NYC New York (d. 1914)
08 Nov 1895
Hermann Schey German-Dutch singer born in Bunzlau Silesia Germany (d. 1981)
08 Nov 1908
Martha Gellhorn American novelist and journalist who was one of the first female war correspondents born in St. Louis Missouri (d. 1998)
08 Nov 1918
Hermann Zapf German typeface designer (Palatino and Optima) born in Nuremberg (d. 2015)
08 Nov 1924
John Burgess English rugby coach and administrator (England coach 1971-75 RFU President 1987-88) born in Salford England (d. 1997)
08 Nov 1938
Dick Ritger American ten-pin bowler (Tournament of Champions 1970 79 runner-up 20 career PBA Tour titles) born in River Falls Wisconsin (d. 2020)
08 Nov 1942
ngel Cordero Jr Puerto Rican jockey (Kentucky Derby 1974 76 85 US Racing Hall of Fame) born in Santurce Puerto Rico
08 Nov 1943
Martin Peters English soccer midfielder (67 caps West Ham United Tottenham Hotspur Norwich City) born in Plaistow Essex England (d. 2019)
08 Nov 1949
Bonnie Raitt American blues country singer-songwriter (Nick of Time Something To Talk About) born in Burbank California
08 Nov 1952
Christie Ann Hefner American businesswoman CEO of Playboy Enterprises (1988-2009) and daughter of Hugh Hefner born in Chicago Illinois
08 Nov 1955
Patricia Barber American jazz pianist and vocalist born in Chicago Illinois
08 Nov 1770
Friedrich Witt German cellist and composer (Jena Symphony The Suffering Saviour) born in Niederstetten Germany (d. 1836)
08 Nov 1895
Euphemia Giannini Gregory Italian-American opera singer and educator (Curtis Institute) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1979)
08 Nov 1912
Joseph Fattorini English businessman born in Bradford Yorkshire England (d. 1995)
08 Nov 1914
Norman Lloyd American actor (St. Elsewhere - Dr. Auschlander Dead Poets Society) producer and director (Alfred Hitchcock Presents) born in Jersey City New Jersey (d. 2021)
08 Nov 1914
Peter Mondavi American Napa Valley winemaker (Charles Krug) born in Virginia Minnesota (d. 2016)
08 Nov 1927
Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr. American magazine publisher (Parade Vogue Vanity Fair) born in Manhattan New York (d. 2017)
08 Nov 1927
Ivo Vinco Italian operatic bass singer born in Verona Italy (d. 2014)
08 Nov 1929
Bobby Bowden American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Florida State 1976-2009 National Cship 1993 99) born in Birmingham Alabama (d. 2021)
08 Nov 1929
Bert Berns American songwriter (Twist And Shout Piece Of My Heart Hang On Sloopy) and producer (Under The Boardwalk Brown-Eyed Girl) born in The Bronx New York (d. 1967)
08 Nov 1932
Ben Bova American sci-fi author (Exiled from Earth) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2020) [1]
08 Nov 1934
Doc Green American pop baritone vocalist (The Drifters) (d. 1989)
08 Nov 1941
Nerys Hughes Welsh actress (The Liver Birds The District Nurse) born in Rhyl Flintshire Wales
08 Nov 1948
Dale A. Gardner American naval commander and astronaut (STS 8 STS 51A) born in Fairmont Minnesota (d. 2014)
08 Nov 1949
Wayne LaPierre American Executive Vice President of the US National Rifle Association born in Schenectady New York
08 Nov 1951
Larry Burnett American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Firefall) born in Washington D.C.
08 Nov 1952
Jerry Remy American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1978 California Angels Boston Red Sox) and broadcaster (NESN) born in Fall River Massachusetts (d. 2021)
08 Nov 1952
John Denny American baseball pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 1983 Philadelphia Phillies) born in Prescott Arizona
08 Nov 1954
Rickie Lee Jones American singer-songwriter (Chuck Es In Love) born in Chicago Illinois
08 Nov 1954
Jeanette McGruder American singer (P Funk Brides of Funkenstein) born in Detroit Michigan
08 Nov 1957
Pearl Thompson British rock guitarist (The Cure - Friday Im In Love) born in Surrey England
08 Nov 1958
Terry Lee Miall British rock drummer (Adam & The Ants) born in London England
08 Nov 1963
Russell Malone American jazz guitarist (Harry Connick Jr. Dianna Krall) born in Albany Georgia
08 Nov 1967
Courtney Thorne-Smith American actress (Melrose Place Two and a Half Men) born in San Francisco California
08 Nov 1968
Keith Jones Canadian NHL right wing (Washington Capitals) born in Brantford Canada
08 Nov 1973
David Muir American journalist (ABC news anchor) born in Syracuse New York
08 Nov 1770
Friedrich Witt German cellist and composer (Jena Symphony The Suffering Saviour) born in Niederstetten Germany (d. 1836)
08 Nov 1850
Karel Komzk II Bohemian-Viennese violinist and composer of marches and dances (Badner Madln) born in Prague Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1905) [1]
08 Nov 1883
Arnold Bax British composer known for his orchestral music (Tintagel) and memoirist (Farewell My Youth) born in Streatham London (d. 1953)
08 Nov 1896
Bucky Harris American Baseball HOF manager (World Series 1947 NY Yankees) and second baseman (WS 1924 Washington Senators) born in Port Jervis New York (d. 1977)
08 Nov 1917
Kamal Ranadive (ne Samarth) Indian cancer researcher (Indian Women Scientists Association Indian Cancer Research Centre) born in Poona Bombay presidency British India (d. 2001)
08 Nov 1924
Joe Flynn American character actor (McHales Navy - Capt. Binghamton The Love Bug The Rescuers) born in Youngstown Ohio (d. 1974)
08 Nov 1927
Chris Connor [Mary Jean Loutsenhizer] American jazz singer (I Wonder What Became of Me) born in Kansas City Missouri (d. 2009)
08 Nov 1935
Alain Delon French-Swiss stage and screen actor (Purple Noon Le Samoura Monsieur Klein) filmmaker and pop singer born in Sceaux France
08 Nov 1944
Bonnie Bramlett American rock vocalist (Delaney & Bonnie - Never Ending Song of Love) born in Granite City Illinois
08 Nov 1944
Robert Nix American drummer and songwriter (Roy Orbison Atlanta Rhythm Section - So Into You Imaginary Lover) born in Blakely Georgia (d. 2012)
08 Nov 1944
Rodney Slater British rock saxophonist and woodwind player (Bonzo Dog Band) born in Crowland Lincolnshire England
08 Nov 1945
David Jessel British radio and TV reporter justice advocate and author born in Abingdon Berkshire England
08 Nov 1945
Don Murray American drummer (The Turtles - Happy Together) born in Glendale California (d. 1996)
08 Nov 1946
Roy Wood British rock cellist bassist woodwind player vocalist and songwriter (The Move 1965-72 ELO 1970-72 Wizzard 1972-75) born in Birmingham England
08 Nov 1949
Bonnie Raitt American 10-time Grammy Award-winning rock-blues guitarist and singer-songwriter (Nick of Time Something To Talk About) born in Burbank California
08 Nov 1951
Larry Burnett American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Firefall 1974-81 - You Are The Woman) born in Washington D.C.
08 Nov 1954
Jeanette McGruder American singer (P-Funk Brides of Funkenstein) born in Detroit Michigan
08 Nov 1954
Rickie Lee Jones American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter (Chuck Es In Love We Belong Together) born in Chicago Illinois
08 Nov 1973
David Muir American journalist (ABC news anchor 2020) born in Syracuse New York
08 Nov 1572
John Sigismund Elector of Brandenburg Duke of Prussia (1618-19) born in Halle Archbishopric of Magdeburg Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1619)
08 Nov 1900
Mihailo Vukdragovi Serbian composer conductor and pedagogue born in Okuani Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) (d. 1956)
08 Nov 1904
Horace Mann Bond American educator administrator (President of Lincoln University (Pa) 1945-57) and historian born in Nashville Tennessee (d. 1972)
08 Nov 1921
Jerome Hines [Heinz] American operatic bass (I am The Way) born in Hollywood California (d. 2003)
08 Nov 1923
Dmitry Jazov Russian Minister of Defense (1991 coup) and last Marshal of the Soviet Union born in Omsk Oblast Soviet Union (d. 2020)
08 Nov 1934
Doc Green American pop baritone vocalist (The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk Up on the Roof) born in NYC (d. 1989)
08 Nov 1947
Minnie Ripperton [Andrea Davis] American pop R&B and disco singer-songwriter (Lovin You) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1979)
08 Nov 1949
Al Berger American rock bassist (Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes) born in the USA
08 Nov 1958
Gerald Mortag German track cyclist (3 x World Cship gold GDR 4000m team pursuit 1977 78 79 Olympic silver 1980) born in Gera Germany (d. 2023)
08 Nov 1968
Keith Jones Canadian NHL right wing 1992-2000 (Washington Capitals Philadelphia Flyers and 1 other team) broadcaster. 2005-23 (NBC Philadelphia Flyers) and team executive 2023-present (Philadelphia) born in Brantford Ontario
08 Nov 1657
Thomas Bullis Jr. English organist and composer baptized in Ely England (d. 1712)
08 Nov 1723
John Byron British Royal Navy officer and explorer who circumnavigated the globe grandfather to the poet born in the United Kingdom (d. 1786)
08 Nov 1831
Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl of Lytton English statesman and Viceroy of India (1876-1880) born in London (d. 1891)
08 Nov 1836
Milton Bradley American business magnate and game manufacturer (The Game of Life) born in Vienna Maine (d. 1911)
08 Nov 1862
James Edward Sullivan American sports official and founder (Amateur Athletic Union) born in New York City (d. 1914)
08 Nov 1913
Robert Strauss American actor (Stalag 17 The Seven Year Itch) born in New York City (d. 1975)
08 Nov 1916
Frank McGuire American basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons) born in New York City (d. 1994)
08 Nov 1921
Gene Saks American actor and director (One & Only Prisoner of 2nd Ave) born in New York City (d. 2015)
08 Nov 1928
Des Corcoran Australian politician (Premier of South Australia. 1979 Member of Parliament 1962-82) born in Millicent South Australia (d. 2004)
08 Nov 1929
Antnio Castanheira Neves Portuguese legal philosopher and academic born in Tbua Portugal
08 Nov 1932
Richard E. Lawyer American USAF officer pilot and astronaut born in Los Angeles California (d. 2005)
08 Nov 1934
Doc Green American pop baritone vocalist (The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk Up on the Roof) born in New York City (d. 1989)
08 Nov 1945
Arnold Rosner American composer born in New York City (d. 2013)
08 Nov 1951
Alfredo Astiz Argentine general intelligence officer and war criminal known as the Blond Angel of Death born in Mar del Plata Argentina
08 Nov 1953
Andrew Garrad English engineer and businessman pioneer of wind energy born in Braunston England
08 Nov 1956
Randi Brooks American actress (Man With 2 Brains Tightrope) born in New York City
08 Nov 1962
Joe Lombardo American former law enforcement officer (Sheriff of Clark County (Nevada) 2015-23) and politician (31st Governor of Nevada 2023-present) born in Sapporo Japan
08 Nov 1342
Julian of Norwich English religious anchoress writer (Revelations of Divine Love) and Church of England saint born in Norfolk England (d. c.1416) [date unconfirmed]
08 Nov 1590
Francesco Gonzaga Italian composer born in Mantua Duchy of Mantua (d. 1628)
08 Nov 1592
Domenico Mazzocchi Italian Baroque composer born in Civita Castellana Viterbo Papal States (d. 1665)
08 Nov 1622
Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen Dutch Mennonite minister (The War of the Lambs) and physician born in Zierikzee Netherlands (d. 1706)
08 Nov 1693
Leonhard Trautsch German composer born in Mnchen GermanyElectorate of Bavaria Holy Roman Empire (d. 1762)
08 Nov 1770
Friedrich Witt German cellist and composer (Jena Symphony The Suffering Saviour) born in Niederstetten Duchy of Wrttemberg Holy Roman Empire (d. 1836)
08 Nov 1777
Dsire Clary French Queen of Sweden and Norway (1818-44) consort of King Charles XIV John born in Marseille France (d. 1860)
08 Nov 1850
Karel Komzk II Bohemian-Viennese violinist and composer of marches and dances (Badner Madln) born in Prague Kingdom of Bohemia Austrian Empire (d. 1905) [1]
08 Nov 1871
Robert W. Bingham American newspaper proprietor attorney and ambassador to the UK (1933-37) born in Orange County North Carolina (d. 1937)
08 Nov 1882
Lazare Saminsky Russian-American composer born in Valegotsulova near Odessa Russian Empire (d. 1959)
08 Nov 1895
Hermann Schey German-Dutch classical bass-baritone singer and teacher born in Bunzlau Silesia Germany (d. 1981)
08 Nov 1900
Gerardus J Sizoo Dutch physicist researcher and administrator (Director of Dutch Free University) born in Woerden Netherlands (d. 1994)
08 Nov 1901
Szymon Laks Polish composer (head of prisoners orchestra at Auschwitz) born in Warsaw Russian Poland (d. 1983)
08 Nov 1918
Earl Shaffer American outdoorsman and the first recorded person to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail born in York Pennsylvania (d. 2002) [1]
08 Nov 1921
Douglas Townsend American composer born in Manhattan New York City (d. 2012)
08 Nov 1921
Gene Saks American Tony Award-winning director (Biloxi Blues Brighton Beach Memoirs I Love My Wife) and stage and screen actor (The One and Only The Prisoner of Second Avenue) born in New York City (d. 2015)
08 Nov 1921
Walter Mirisch American film producer (The Mirisch Corporation - West Side Story In the Heat of the Night The Apartment) born in New York City (d. 2023)
08 Nov 1926
Darleane Hoffman American nuclear chemist known for her work on the element seaborgium born in Terril Iowa (d. 2025) [1]
08 Nov 1938
Richard Stoker British pianist and composer (Antic Hay Ecco homo) born in Castleford Yorkshire England (d. 2021)
08 Nov 1944
Bonnie Bramlett (ne OFarrell) American rock vocalist (Delaney & Bonnie - Never Ending Song of Love) born in Granite City Illinois
08 Nov 1945
Alice Notley American poet (Mysteries of Small Houses Disobedience) born in Bisbee Arizona (d. 2025) [1]
08 Nov 1945
Judith Lang Zaimont American pianist and composer (Reflective Rag) born in Memphis Tennessee
08 Nov 1945
Tony Mann Australian cricket spin bowler (4 Tests 4 wickets 1 x 100 HS 105 WACA) born in Middle Swan Australia (d. 2019)
08 Nov 1948
Fred Newhouse American athlete (Olympic gold 4400m relay silver 400m 1976) born in Honey Grove Texas (d. 2025)
08 Nov 1951
Gerald Alston American soul singer (The Manhattans - Crazy Kiss and Say Goodbye) born in Henderson North Carolina
08 Nov 1954
David Bret French-British celebrity biographer (Morrissey Landscapes of the Mind Piaf A Passionate Life) born in Paris France
08 Nov 1954
Kazuo Ishiguro Japanese-British author (Klara and the Sun Never Let Me Go The Remains of the Day) born in Nagasaki Japan
08 Nov 1958
Don Byron American composer and clarinetist born in The Bronx New York City
08 Nov 1963
Russell Malone American jazz guitarist (Harry Connick Jr. Diana Krall Ron Carter) born in Albany Georgia (d. 2024)
08 Nov 1965
Craig Chester American screenwriter and actor (Adam & Steve Swoon) born in West Covina California
08 Nov 1969
Roxana Zal American actress (Something About Amelia Testament) born in Malibu California
08 Nov 1971
Carlos Atanes Spanish film director (Scream Queen FAQ Frequently Asked Questions) born in Barcelona Spain
08 Nov 1972
Gretchen Mol American actress (Boardwalk Empire Manchester by the Sea) born in Deep River Connecticut
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